its used to maximise the airflow from a fan and increase its working area. If you just mount a fan directly onto a radiator your not likely to cool all the area of the radiator equally, or in some parts not at all. heres a simple paint diagram:
so basically its there just to provide a space for the air to take up and spread out evenly, and remove any "deadspots" caused by large fan hubs.
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